Transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care is life-saving health care. As an organization whose members are comprised of health care providers and clinicians, the Academy unequivocally supports transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care as well as the professionals who provide it. We uphold...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care (ITHC) have awarded the 2023 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Damien Cares in Indianapolis, Ind. The organization and its president and CEO, Alan Witchey,...
As a professional association representing frontline HIV care providers, the American Academy of HIV Medicine strongly supports shared decision making and evidence-based, patient-centered choice on infant feeding options for people with HIV (PWH). This position is in alignment with the latest clinical guidelines issued in...
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Academy of HIV Medicine denounces last week’s court ruling on the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case. Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) violated...
WASHINGTON – Friday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposal to update the guidelines on donating blood for men who are gay, bisexual, or who have sex with men. The Academy applauds this step forward in equity for blood donations and calls on...
Academy Statement: The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued an updated draft recommendation on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). In a highly consequential action for the HIV community, the USPSTF is recommending with an “A” rating that clinicians offer PrEP “with effective antiretroviral therapy to...